Japanese Nouns

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Japanese Nouns

Learning the Japanese Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Japanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Japanese.

Japanese nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:

English Nouns

Japanese Nouns

nouns

meishi - 名詞

my car

watashi no kuruma - 私の車

green car

midori no kuruma - 緑の車

three cars

san dai no kuruma - 三台の車

car garage

chuusha jou - 駐車場

outside the car

shagai de - 車外で

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Japanese has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Japanese.

List of Nouns in Japanese

Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.

English Nouns

Japanese Nouns

arm

ude - 腕

back

senaka - 背中

cheeks

hoho - 頬

chest

mune - 胸

chin

ago - 顎

ear

mimi - 耳

elbow

hiji - 肘

eye

me - 目

face

kao - 顔

finger

yubi - 指

fingers

yubi - 指

foot

ashi - 足

hair

kami - 髪

hand

te - 手

head

atama - 頭

heart

shinzou - 心臓

knee

hiza - 膝

leg

ashi - 足

lip

kuchibiru - 唇

mouth

kuchi - 口

neck

kubi - 首

nose

hana - 鼻

shoulder

kata - 肩

stomach

i - 胃

teeth

ha - 歯

thigh

futomomo - 太腿

throat

nodo - 喉

thumb

oyayubi - 親指

toe

tsumasaki - 爪先

tongue

shita - 舌

tooth

ha - 歯

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